Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08

| jubilee OF their own. On one side q
J second rostrum had been erected, around
which, perhaps, 1000 people assembled,
when Judge George B. Pickett of Decs.
tur mounted, and in neat speech intro
duced the old War horse, the Hon.
7. r. Bonner of Tyler, who pro-
ceedeG st once to warm up the
ants and give out in 70 uncertain
| tones his determination to remain in the
! Democratic party. He had, he averred,
been in Texas thirty-eight years and in
! the Democratic party every hour of it.
| He had helped pack the mud TO build the
| Democracy Of Texas and was not ready
TO be ousted by Republicans or those
claiming TO be Democrats whose politics
were Of general utility character. His
speech was full of sound argument en-
liyened by witty anecdote and opposite
truisms, and ne kept his auditors in a
roar from beginning TO end, and retired
amid storm of cheers.
JUDGE KITTRELL.
Judge Norman Kfttrell OF Leon county
followed Colonel Bonner, and the heart
of the scribe went out TO the Judge IS
soon IS ne uttered his first sentence. He
is not handsome MANN fact, he might
the English language is something WOr-
dertul to listen 70. He spoke Gs one
having authority when TALKING Of the re-
latiOHship Of crime to the liquor traffic,
and when he turned TO the female sex and
strung together pearls OF thought on a
golden thread Of pure elcQUeICe, he was
spplaudeG to the echo,s and dsseTysdly so.
DUD.Y wOOTEN.
Succeeding Judge Kittrell, Mr.. DuGI;
Wooten, young attorney from the Capt.
tai city, mounted the rostrum and enter
tanned the audience with q spirited g.. .,
speech OF perhaps thirt~ TH.9:n"
utes duration. He promised Tor = MI
people OF Travis countyFe+ + tUI 'mg soCI ~
prohibition would fesrry w Witb i its pre- e.
and q rosndrIe- He IS a brilliant speaker
rarnarIap werfuI cOntr0vCrstulist, and his
bee s met with hesrty and oft re-
led applause.
' REV. \. A. GRANT.
Or the opposite side Of the grand stand,
snd at some distance removed, third
stand had been erected, upon which Rev.
A. A. Grant, Z colored minister, held forth
to g large audience Of whites and colored,
snd the manner in which he handled the
subject showed al once that he was mas
ter of all its details. His speech ranked
high, and was a pleasing and pleasant
surprise to the VEST crowd who stood
around MIN and encouraged and inter-
rupted him slt5rnatively by Vociferods
applause.
REV. sAMCELs.
Another colored divine from the piney
woods, citizen of TeTarksna, mounted
the stand and made speech Ct consid.
cradle length and great force. Rev.
Samucls IS one Of those peculiar geniuses
VINO can make people laugh themselves
into believing his doctrines. He was
prOfusa in his quotations CT scripture,
aud his apt illustrations and Irresistible
Witticisms elected storms Of cheers. He
appealed TO his coloTed friends il elo-
quert pathOs to cast one vote for that
freedom which would follow from the
suppression Ct the whisky tratic and
which would be but little less than that
which they obtained waen the death OF
slavery was pronounced in America.
uOMEwARD BOUND.
This ended the proceedings OF the DAY
in the woods and the crowds dispersed.
Everybody bid edieu to the beautiful
grounds and called into TequisltiOn thes
line Of hacks in whiting and moved
toward the city.
THE LOVE FEAST.
On arriy in the city the crowd
repaired to the courthouse, where 6
veritable love feast was enjoyed. The
delegates were enthused, and proposed 10
commence the war in earnest, never
stopping until the setting OF the sun on
the lth day of August next. The widest
enthusiasm prevailed, and perhaps g
more earnest and demonstratiye assem-
blage never found shelter under one roof.
When the sinews Of war were mentioned
chorus of voices volunteered sums
varying in amount with e rapidly and
unauimity quite astonishing. When the
tally sheet was made up the following
gentlemen were found to have contribu-
ted the amounts SET opposite their names
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